A global hunger index has been released showing about 20 percent of Indian children under age 5 suffer from acute under-nutrition in the same week the International Monetary Fund projected India to be the world’s fastest-growing economy

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India’s #MeToo comes amid calls for 2013 law’s enforcement. Indian actresses and writers are flooding social media with allegations of sexual harassment and assault, releasing pent-up frustration with a law that was lauded but critics say has done little to change the status quo >>

Indian environmental activist fasts to death over fate of India’s Ganges River. G.D. Agrawal, who has fought to clean up the Ganges for years, began his hunger strike in June. >>

Indian politician suggests burning rapists alive by dousing them in petrol after sex attack on baby . Geniben Thakor, an Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in India, reportedly said the rapists who attacked a toddler should have been burnt alive. She was recorded on a phone in her house. >>

Morning News Call - India, October 12. To access the newsletter, click on the link: http://share.thomsonreuters.com/assets/newsletters/Indiamorning/MNC_IN_10122018.pdf If you would like to receive this newsletter via email, please register at: https://forms.thomsonreuters.com/india-morning/ FACTORS TO WATCH 5:30 pm: Government to release August Industrial production data in New
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